On the Misery of Helplessness

[serinde]

Piewacket has taken against her kittens. She has ignored them for the last ~18 hours, and hisses when they come near her. I tried bottle-feeding them, but although I know they're hungry--they crawl all over me and root against every bit of warm skin they encounter--they don't seem able to grasp the whole bottle concept. Five helpless little tiny bundles of fluff frantically crying and crawling on you, fighting to live, and you can't do anything for them; that's slit-your-wrists territory there.

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[otherwise-nyc.livejournal.com]

When I had to feed one kitten (the late Brunetta, RIP) 17 years ago, the vet suggested not a bottle but a syringe, which worked really well. She didn't have to suckle, I was gently pushing formula (Kitten Milk Replacer) into her mouth.

I'd be going nuts if I were you. *hugs aplenty*